Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, New Living Translation So Joshua and all his fighting men traveled to the water near Merom and attacked suddenly. English Standard Version So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them. Berean Standard Bible So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them, King James Bible So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. New King James Version So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them. New American Standard Bible So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and attacked them. NASB 1995 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. NASB 1977 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. Legacy Standard Bible So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they fell upon them. Amplified Bible So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. Christian Standard Bible So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Joshua and his whole military force surprised them at the waters of Merom and attacked them. American Standard Version So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Yeshua came to the waters of Merun from the stillness, he and all the people, the Makers of War that were there with him, and they fell on them Brenton Septuagint Translation And Joshua and all the men of war came upon them at the water of Maron suddenly; and they attacked them in the hill country. Contemporary English Version Joshua and his army made a surprise attack against the enemy camp at Merom Pond Douay-Rheims Bible And Josue came, and all the army with him, against them to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them. English Revised Version So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. GOD'S WORD® Translation Joshua and all his troops arrived suddenly at the Springs of Merom and attacked the Canaanite armies. Good News Translation So Joshua and all his men attacked them by surprise at Merom Brook. International Standard Version So Joshua and his entire fighting force approached them suddenly by the waters of Merom and attacked them. JPS Tanakh 1917 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. Literal Standard Version And Joshua comes, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom, and they suddenly fall on them; Majority Standard Bible So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them, New American Bible Joshua with his whole army came upon them suddenly at the waters of Merom and fell upon them. NET Bible Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. New Revised Standard Version So Joshua came suddenly upon them with all his fighting force, by the waters of Merom, and fell upon them. New Heart English Bible So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them. Webster's Bible Translation So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell upon them. World English Bible So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. Young's Literal Translation And Joshua cometh, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fall on them; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Conquest of the Northern Cities…6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.” 7So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them, 8and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.… Cross References Joshua 11:6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots." Joshua 11:8 and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors. Treasury of Scripture So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell on them. suddenly Joshua 10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night… Jump to Previous Army Attack Attacked Joshua Merom Suddenly War Waters WholeJump to Next Army Attack Attacked Joshua Merom Suddenly War Waters WholeJoshua 11 1. Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom10. Hazor is taken and burnt 16. All the country taken by Joshua 21. The Anakims cut off 23. The land rests from war (7) Suddenly.--On this occasion, as in the former campaign which began at Gibeon, Joshua surprised his adversaries by the rapidity of his movements.Verse 7. - Suddenly (see remarks in Introduction on Joshua's characteristics as a general. Also Joshua 10:9). And they fell upon them. This phrase denotes the rapidity of the onset. While they deemed him to be leagues away, he suddenly appeared at the head of his army, no doubt debouching from one of the mountain passes of Upper Galilee; and before they could set themselves in battle array, his troops, without giving the enemy time to rally, or themselves a moment's breathing-time, commenced the attack. The LXX. adds "in the hill country" here, an obvious blunder. The translator must have carelessly read בהר for בהם. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So byעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the waters מֵ֥י (mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of Merom מֵר֖וֹם (mê·rō·wm) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4792: Merom -- a place in Upper Galilee Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites and his whole וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every army הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war came וַיָּבֹ֣א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go upon them עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against suddenly פִּתְאֹ֑ם (piṯ·’ōm) Adverb Strong's 6597: Suddenness, suddenly and attacked them, וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (way·yip·pə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie Links Joshua 11:7 NIVJoshua 11:7 NLT Joshua 11:7 ESV Joshua 11:7 NASB Joshua 11:7 KJV Joshua 11:7 BibleApps.com Joshua 11:7 Biblia Paralela Joshua 11:7 Chinese Bible Joshua 11:7 French Bible Joshua 11:7 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 11:7 So Joshua came and all the people (Josh. 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